We have given the parties some time to reflect. We will come back on Friday,

We are aware of the tape, we will consider it as part of our ongoing investigation,

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government and I will lead it as party of government.

As I said to the President yesterday, this country will stand ready to help in any way that we can,

The idea will be to have a broad-based government and then next year, to move to a new constitution, and then finally to democratic elections ... so who's going to end up governing Iraq ultimately? It's going to be the Iraqi people with a democratic constitution,

We hope that this move, along with other efforts being made at international level, will help bring about a reduction in oil prices in the very near future.